Thursday, October 4, 2012

Emily Cier's new book, Pixel Play is full of childish charm. Each project is filled with creativity, imagination and most importantly color. Emily uses solid squares and lines to create recognizable images and characters, which is enough to woo any youngster. And isn't that what it's all about, impressing our little ones?

Every pattern uses Kona Solids and consists of strips and squares of solid color. One missed step and your image is unrecognizable. But have no fear! Emily's diagrams are easy to follow and the book is packed full of tips and tricks for organizing your materials and assembling your quilt tops.

Using an alternative palette can quickly transform the quilt, giving it a whole new feel. Just a quick switch of the Kona color combinations can change your quilt from girly to masculine. And with a variety of themes including fish, cars, flowers and snowflakes, the posibilities are almost endless. Whether it is for your child, a niece or nephew, a friend's child or your inner child, Pixel Play has you covered.

Pixel Play will definitely spark my children’s imaginations. Anything that gives them freedom to create and think outside the box has my seal of approval. Emma has started doing this thing where she takes my scraps and fashions it into little objects, like this. I just sewed up the sides for her and she’s happy as a clam with her ‘pillow’.

And now for our Pixel Play giveaway! But what will you be winning?

It's a mystery! All winners get a copy of Pixel Play, but what will your box include? Maybe a Robert Kaufman color card? Or some Aurifil 50wt thread for piecing your pixelated world? Or maybe C&T Publishing's Ultimate 3-in-1 Color Tool? Or maybe some Carolina Patchworks patterns? Every box will be a surprise -- just like Christmas when you were a kid!

Comment below letting us know what character you would pixelate for a chance to win. Winner will be chosen Monday 10/15, good luck.

Oh, be sure to follow along with the rest of the tour for more chances to win!

I love the Super Mario quilts that I've seen online, and I may actually be working on a Final Fantasy-based piece for a friend for Christmas. I"d love to do something based on the gnome that I play in World of Warcraft, but that might be a BIT too much, LOL. Or a very large quilt!

What a cool concept! The choices are endless and my mind is reeling! Ummm...Winnie the Pooh because he is near to my heart...and Snoopy! Thank you for such a fun giveaway and yay for a daughter who has caught the fabric bug! I love her choice of fabric!

I am a frog person. I have several photos of water lilies (flowers being my second thought) and I would combine the two - with some type of animated frog. I would also like to play with a tree frog with big red eyes and round tips on the toes....

Since this would be for my daughter I would pick some girly things that she likes : flowers, butterflies, and a bunny! (We have 2 pet lops, so rabbits are her favorite animal.) Thanks for the giveaway.

My son is into Mario and the whole Mario World. But my girls have varying interests. I would probably pixelate an image of Inuyasha (an anime character) for my oldest daughter, who is in LOVE with him. LoL

I would pixilate our fat black cat Mansfield. Mansfield was born on the very same farm that I was born on,although 60 years later(no money in those days. I would make a cat quilt with him and always have him near. We consider him family. Thanks for the wonderful give-a-way!

Your store has the Star Wars fabric that just came out this year. I wanted to pixellate the fight scene from that fabric line for my hubby. I don't think it will ever happen, because I can't imagine how much work that would be!

Hmmm, that's a tough one, but, since I've always said I'd pay to watch James Garner change a tire because I love him so much, I think I'd like to pixelate him as Jim Rockford from the Rockford Files. 8-)

Hmmm...I think I would pixelate Don Draper from Mad Men - 'cause who wouldn't want to cuddle up with that every night? RAWR.hahaha!!!Thanks for the opportunity! (the book looks amazing!)mrserindavis@gmail.com